Its just an R-25 jazzed up a bit but she looks great and shoots even beter.
Looking to take her hunting for a few hogs once I find her favorite ammo.
Right now its Fed Gold Match 168 BTHP with 1" 5 shot groups at 100 yards.

I've only shoot it once so far with the new trigger, and OMG what a difference. It's nice to know precisely when the hammer is going to drop. The second stage 1.2 pound pull is a dream come true.

I'll probably swap out the bi-pod in the future for a non rotating like the Harris 1A2-BR. I'll put the Harris S-BRM on my hunting rig.

The canting after each shot is a little annoying.

BTW I've nick named this rig "the friend maker". Because anyone I've let shoot it is now my friend, LOL. People literally stop and start taking videos and pictures when I, or a new friend goes live at the range with this beast.

Haven't take her out yet. one last picture befor she become a big bundle of Magpul koolaide. I was planning a Featuress build hance the Vltor rifle stock. then, it turn out to be a bench gun.
I think a true pistol grip might be more stable then a grip-wrap (my opinion only) I happen to find a Magpul PRS on sale, so one last picture before the switch.

I've read that the raddlock doesn't fit well in the mega due to the shallow depth of the mag release hole so I didn't even try one. The mega build thread on ar15.com seemed to conclude that the dpms 308 bolt catch functioned best so that's what I went with. I've ran c-products and pmags with no problems.

I had problems with the bullet button even with the extended AR10 catch. I had to grind down the bullet button to make it work the way I needed it to. Not sure what you would have to do to make the Raddlock work.

I haven't weighed it yet, but it is easily lighter than the SASS barreled upper by several pounds. I'd guess the overall weight now minus mag is around 10-11 pounds. Recoil is definitely more pronounced. I know the weight has an affect on this, but I'm also thinking the Carlson Comp is maybe not as effective as advertised. The muzzle definitely stays down when fired, but recoil is pretty stout.

I was a bit leary about the Rainier barrel. It was cheap of course, but with good reviews. I noticed the throat area in the chamber of mine was reamed un-evenly just a bit, so I was skeptical about it's potential accuracy. I also have a 5.56 barrel from them that doesn't shoot worth a damn, so I wasn't expecting much from this one either. As it turns out, this thing is retardedly accurate. At least on par with the SASS barrel, if not slightly more accurate. The 1-11 twist also stabilizes the heavier 190 grain SMK's that I like to shoot, which I didn't think it would. The barrel has definitely exceeded my expectations, it even makes consitent hits at 1000 yards. I was pretty sure it wouldn't be able to push out that far, but after ringing steel repeatedly at 650 yards I gave it a try at the 18"x11" plate at 1000 yards. It shoots as well at that distance as my Savage 10FP McMillan does, making hits about 50% of the time. I think putting a better muzzle brake and a bipod with tilt ability on it should improve that a bit. Also thinking about going with an adjustable gas block as this thing is horribly over-gassed when shooting 190's.

Awesome Rigs out there! Thanks for everyone sharing on their builds...

Well, I've been away for some time from this site and just looked over at all these awesome .308 rigs out there... AWESOME projects out there, glad to see all the input on this thread, hoped it has helped many out there to get their projects going on the correct path. It's nice to see all these "long range-reach out and touch someone" projects.

Thanks for everyone putting in the time to share and help out your fellow Cal-gunners out there!

Replaced the Ergo palm shelf grip with a Magpul MOE in the interest of making it a bit more compact. Added some stippling with a wood burning iron.

Replaced the Carlson Comp I had originally installed with one of the new YHM Phantom muzzle brakes. The YHM's bore is a bit tighter and it seems VERY efficient at stripping gas away as the bullet passes though it. Muzzle blast from the sides is brutal

I also swapped out the Brugger & Thommet lightweight bipod for a Caldwell XLA 6-9" pivot model bipod. The B&T bipod lacked the ability to effectively level out the rifle on uneven terrain. I was digging out dirt from under one leg to even things out, but the recoil from the rifle was pushing the bipod leg out of the depression I had dug for it. It was pretty annoying, hence the switch to the pivoting bipod.

The rifle is also sporting a chopped/pinned 10 round 308 Pmag. With the shorter Magpul pistol grip especially, the full length 20 round mag body was hitting the ground before the pistol grip. It was limiting my ability to shoot at an upward angle. When you are lobbing 190's out of a 16" barrel, turns out everything is at an upward angle

I think this is pretty close to final version for this one. The only other changes I plan on making are switching to an adjustable gas block, and maybe adding a set of 45 degree iron sights (Scope sits to low to run folding BUIS under it):

Lazy range report after 1st stage of barrel break-in: As good as bolt gun precision with .223 recoil.

***ETA: Group Photo (Rifle pic is one page back in this thread). I apologize to this gun because I really wish I was a better shooter (The gun does only have about 40 rounds through it). I'm certain with a better shooter this gun is sub-MOA just like my JP-15.

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"When you get the (men) to the range, you just get the men. But when you bring the (women) to the range, you get the (whole family). And that's what's going to save our 2nd Amendment."--Dianna Liedorff

"Since self-preservation is the 1st law of nature, we assert the...right to self-defense. The Constitution...clearly affirms the right of every American...to bear arms. And as Americans, we will not give up a single right guaranteed under the Constitution." --Malcolm X

^ in your experience with ur jp barrel , how many shots did you have to put down the range order to get the barrel break in .

3 ouf of 5 is very good . cant wait to test out jp barrel .

JP recommends a break-in of about 40 rounds.

(5 rounds then clean) x 4

then

20 rounds then clean x 1

Thanks for the kind words on the shooting. Eventually I expect all 5 rounds to touch.

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"When you get the (men) to the range, you just get the men. But when you bring the (women) to the range, you get the (whole family). And that's what's going to save our 2nd Amendment."--Dianna Liedorff

"Since self-preservation is the 1st law of nature, we assert the...right to self-defense. The Constitution...clearly affirms the right of every American...to bear arms. And as Americans, we will not give up a single right guaranteed under the Constitution." --Malcolm X